Hi Mickey

Hi Mickey

How are you

I am keeping well

What is that book

What book

The one that you are reading

Catalina

Where did you find it

In the bookshop on Gerard Street

That is a very expensive bookshop

I know

Was it in the bargain bin

No

How did you afford it on your meagre wage

I stole it

What would have happened if you had been caught

I used my sister Geraldine Geraldine as a distraction

Not the old cleavage trick

The very same

Is the book worth much

Probably about sixty five pounds

Was it written by William Somerset Maugham

How did you know that

Because I can see his name on your book

It might have been written

By Wilma Somerset Maugham

Or even Willa Somerset Maugham

That is very true

That is how I distracted the rich bookseller

I thought you used Geraldine Geraldine as a distraction

No

Whatever made you think that